Face-protector.



0. H. MOQUARY; JR. PAGE PROTBGTOR.

APPLICATION FILED DBU. 3,. 1910.

Patented Aug. 13, 1912 2 SHEETS-SHEET 1;

314 vente@ 0. H. MOQUARY,` JB. PAGE PROTECTOR.

APPLICATION FILED DEO. 3, 1910.

Patented Aug. 13, 1912.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

' provided withan elastic puckering string ers head.

' tcrial such as sheet ers mouth when being Worn.

' bound with ,tape as land rear edge 8 that-tits under the chin STATESPATENT OFFICE.

' v srieciaeatia of Letters Patent.

ala-December a, 1910. seriaifno.

Application 595,393.

4of elastic material? secured at its ends to.' the To all whom it mayconcm. l

' ends ofedge 8. that engages the back of the Be 1t known that I, OSCARH. MCQUARY, Jr., a citizen of the United States,lresiding" Wearers headto hold the mask in position. at Lawrence, in the county of 'DouglasandIt will be apparent that when the mask is State of Kansas, have inventedcertain new place on the face of a wearer that the and usefulImprovements in Face-'Protecl whole of his face, under his chin, andhistors, of whichT the following isa specica'- ears are covered andprotected from the tion. v weather. It will also be apparent that thisMy invention 4relates to'devices forpro protection -Will be securedWithout discomtectingthe face from the Weather, being fort4 totheWearer,-as the goggles 2 enable adapted for use by automobilists andothers. who are required to be out of doors in cold and stormy weather,and has for its object the provision of-a mask that will effectuallyprotect the Wearers face and ears and will remain in place Withoutdiscomfortto the- Wearer, the lower edge of the mask being` .to insureclose-fitting under t-he chin and backof the Wearers ears, 'and ano-ther'elastic stringto go around the back of thel Wearface of the protectoris uninterrupted the passage of air from the nose to the goggles' andother parts ot' the interior 'of the protector is unimpeded so that themoisture laden air within th carried away andthe goggles are kept clear,and the air Within the mask keptat ya comfortable temperature and notoverheated.

Having thus described my invention what I claim isl 1. A face protectorhaving holes for the eyes, nose and mouth, goggles secured in the eyeholes, a shield secured over thel nose hole, and a bib secured above themouth hole and falling'over it, passage of the air Within the protectorbeing uninterrupted.

2. A ace protector made of fiexible material and aving an elasticpukering string secured in its under and rear edges `to insure fittingthe wearercloselv under the chin andback ofthe ears, the front of the-protector having holes cut therein opposite the eyes', nose and mouth,goggles secured in the eye holes` a shield secured over the nose hole.

My invention will be described in detail hereinafter and .illustrated inthe accompanying drawings in Which- Figure l is a side view of the facepro-- tector in position on a wearer, Figa 2, a front view, and Fig. 3,a view of the inside of the mask.

In the drawings similar reference characters will indicate correspondingparts in t-he several views.

My -improved face protectorf'consists of a, mask l made of any suitableflexible imarubber, cloth, leather and the like, having a pair ofgoggles 2 setintoholes 3 inthe mask in position for the Wearers eyes, anose shield 4 secured over opening 5 for the-\vearers nose, and a bib 6se-' cured along its top edge directly under the nose shield andpositioned to'cover an elongated opening 7A that is opposite theWearfalling over it, passage of the air from the nose and mouth hole tothe goggles and other parts of' the interior of the protector beinguninterrupted. The edgeof the mask mayif desired be 3. -A face protectormade of flexible mashown, and the under' of elastic material secured initsunder and rear edges to insure fitting the wearer closely' and backof the ears is provided with a puckering string 9 of elastic fabric orthe like, to insure fitting under the chin and back of the ears closely.10 'indicates another string front of the opposite the eyes, noseandmout-h, goggles and mouth holes y e covering is and a bib 4secured abovethe mouth hole andy terial and having a puckering string made PatentedAug.13,1912. -1 f under thechin and back ofl the ears, the protectorhaving holes therein having rigid franies secured in the eye holes, v ashield secured over the nose hole, a bib secured above the mouth holeand loosely falL ing overit, anda strap secured at the ends of the backedges to engage the back of the wearers head, the inner -ace of the provtector bein unint'er'rupted so that passage of air from t e nose andmouth holes to the l goggles 'and otherv parts of the interior'of theprotector is uninterrupted.

signature in the presence of two witnesses. OSCAR H. MCQUARY, Jn.Witnesses:

M. A. Gomme, b MEIJNDA ZEEB.

Y 10 In testimony whereofl. hereto 'afix my'

